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The Nexus 6 was by no means a sluggish or crappy phone. Motorola did an excellent job of embodying the Nexus language into a hardware package to compete with other flagship smartphones. Today, the Nexus 6 is on sale in Amazon US for $249. The...

Ten years ago, Skype launched free video calling, and the now Microsoft owned company is in a celebratory mood. It goes on to stress that it's been no less than six years since it took video calls to mobile phones, and now it's ready for the next...

Following its release in South Korea, Europe, and for units having been sold by Sprint in the US, the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for the LG G4 has now reached US Cellular. Specifically, G4 devices bought from this carrier. The update is...

LG slipped us a cryptic invitation – "Play begins, Barcelona February 21." What is it? We don't know officially, but we'll give it a few guesses. Obviously, we'd most want a new smartphone – a music oriented one, given the music box in the...

If you've been wanting to grab an LG Nexus 5X but so far haven't had the chance, this will surely make you happy. Google has announced that starting today, this smartphone becomes cheaper. Mind you, this doesn't seem to be a limited-time promo,...

Here's some bad, if expected, news for owners of the HTC Windows Phone 8X from 2012. The handset will not be updated to Windows 10 Mobile, the latest version of Microsoft's OS. This has been officially confirmed by HTC's UK arm, so at this point you...

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has just announced the dates for the company's most important event of the year. In 2016, the Google I/O developer conference will take place from May 18 to May 20 in Mountain View, California, at the Shoreline...

Google has been caught experimenting with options for its Android search bar. For some users, new stuff shows up when they tap on the search bar - be that in the search widget on a home screen, using the one in Google Now, or simply when performing...

Meet Robo-Hon, the smartphone robo-companion CES is all about anything related to technology. Everything about consumer electronics and things that people want to buy. This next product is surely a perfect example of that. In October, last...

Just yesterday HTC officially announced the date on which it will finally start taking pre-orders for the Vive, its first ever VR headset. That will be February 29. However, the company has so far remained silent on the matter of the Vive's...

Gionee is currently busy working on a new upper-midrange device, it would seem. The information comes from a benchmark database, where a still unannounced Gionee smartphone has been caught. Someone put a Gionee W909 prototype through the paces of...

The Galaxy S7 (in whatever flavors it materializes) is getting its fair share of leaks, customary of Samsung flagships this time of the year. Once a critical mass of those accumulates, it's render-time, and we already saw artist Jermaine Smit go at...

Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update is already in development for the Galaxy S6, S6 edge, and S6 edge+. The update is already reaching to beta testers out there and we can shed some new information on the upcoming firmware. Apparently Samsung will...

Most people wouldn’t think to customize their phone further than choosing a wallpaper and a ringtone, but then there are some tinkerer's that go over the top just for fun. Take Core Down, aka Marc, from the WindowsArea forums – his Lumia 520 has a...

When last we heard of ZTE's future plans, the Chinese OEM (well, actually its Nubia sub-brand) was working on a successor to the high-end Nubia Z9, dubbed the Nubia Z11. The handset was said to build upon the success of its predecessor with an even...

Last week, Xiaomi took the wraps off its latest Redmi 3 smartphone in China. For roughly $100, the phone offers excellent value on paper, so it's understandable if you want to see more of this phone. Well, not to worry, because Xiaomi uploaded a...

Windows 8 has been around for well over three years now, but it might not be here much longer. The stage on which Metro design made its first debut, but it was also plagued by a lot of serious problems from the very start. Most who have...

The Apple Watch - which launched in April 2015 - constituted more than 50% of the smartwatch shipments last year, according to new data from Juniper Research. On the other hand, sales of Tizen-powered Samsung Gear S2, which was launched in...

Investment firm Piper Jaffrey has adjusted its estimate for Apple's current quarter iPhone shipments. Down 12%, the projected figure for the quarter ending in March (Q2 2016 by US policy) is now 55 million units shipped, as opposed to the previous...

Mobile gamers may well be aware of The Room series, available on iOS and Android. The first two games in the series received widespread acclaim for their intricate puzzles and beautiful level design. The developers recently released the third...